Re: Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

[Marco Pessotto <melmothx@gmail.com>]

Willi Egger <context@boede.nl> writes:

> Hi Marco,
>
> If I understand correctly what you need is a system which is basically
> based on booklet-printing but each booklet should be restricted to 16
> pages.  In this case you might try
>
> \setuparranging[2*2*4]
>
> This scheme put two pages on the front and two pages on the backside
> of a sheet of paper. Then it uses 4 sheets to complete the section.
>
> Willi

Hello Willi, thanks for your reply.

No, the scheme is quite complicated (from 1 to 16) because the pages are
first folded, then the two *folded* sheets are inserted one into the
other, and then signature is bound and trimmed.

So the scheme looks so (R means rotated 180°):

 
 13 R | 4 R
 -----------     
 16   |  1


 3 R  | 14 R
 -----------
 2    | 15


 9 R  | 8 R
 -----------
 12   |  5

 7R   | 10R
 ----------
 6    |  11


Yes, that's crazy (if you ask me). As I said, I'll go with the layers
and a perl helper, the outcome looks almost fine.

Best wishes

-- 
Marco

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